Show Sunday 23 akc Tribune alt ?!jc Morning Neither Hedy’s Iff-- - sc Aft? s'— u 41 f ' ’f5r V4 & cpm - C ' J 5 " Flight to Fame 1 r & v? sfT T - 1939 a J JO ! Nor Hitler’s Open — r ’ iJ ij Ife-- Contiscation of 14 f"f f r frft Jy- j “ k i i"1 fI 5? 4 4 v His Arms Worlcs ’ v - 'X4yi 1 t M fri- - t - - 4 Could Stay Young S 3 iV?i V’ t! V ’ U H n Fritz Mandl’r K:t - x ilK v£ Uvl Dream of Power 'y Fritz Mandl Was So Busy hen lie Married Hedy That lie Didn't Even Have Time to Spend the Honeymoon With Her Here He Is Shown During a Business Trip to London Zahaioff Europe’s mystery man of By Thomas Watson DANGER! DYNAMITE!! ventures and I ritz Mandl the Austrian Cannon King were all wrapped up in one package that is the warning label that should be pasted on it Of couise anyone who is in the munitions business these days is figuratively sitting on a powder keg But in the case of Fritz Mandl — he has been playing with TNT for years I11 fact theie weie those so ceitain that the dashing young Austrian had stiuck one spaik too many that it was only recently announced that all of his affairs had gone up in a cloud of smoke There was a cloud of smoke The explosion that preceded it was occasioned by Hitler's march on Austria and his confiscation of Herr Mandl’s vast munitions plant — the Hirtenbciger Patronen-fabn- k But the wily young Cannon King it now' turns out used that cloud only as a smoke screen to establish himself as a pow er with w hich to be reckoned in woild affans M hile his friends were waiting to pick up the pieces Fritz Mandl landed nicely and without a scratch in Argentina There on the outskirts of Buenos Aues rose a gargantuan new munitions plant like a phoenix from the ruins Mandl was far from through He had just bethat finds him today gun in a come-bac- k regarded as the successor to Sir Basil ( r ' V mu- nitions The sparks that Herr Mandl struck however in his amazing career really make a story Political intrigue love hate determination — and mystery Pei haps the brightest spark of all was that which danced on the horizons of the world when he married alluring Hedy Lamair now one of Hollywood's heat waves Now a heat wave like Hedy — even Hollywood turned on the foiccd di aught — was enough to melt the insulation on the stoutest of hearts That of Fritz Mandl the mysterious big munitions magnate was no exception Hedy as a matter of fact was the only point on which Herr Mandl ever became voluble That was how he first came to public attention in this country at any rate In European cncles the romance-lovin- g Continentals concluded It was heat wave Hedy who was responsible for the detonation that was supposed to have blasted the Cannon King off the map It was his deteinunation not to have the world view the audacious screen performances of Hedy in the sensational film “Ecstacy” which really brought lutz into the headlines He spent moie than $250000 m an effort to buy up reprints of the film only to find that as fast as he bought them up others appeared The Cannon King sounded off top-not- ch ie plenty-- ’ Fritz was totally unaware that Hedy —she was Hedwig Kiesler when he first met hei — had taken part in anything as scandalous as "Ectacy” turned out to be when they were first introduced That occurred at Bad Ixchl a famous European summer lesort for theatrical folk then capHCdy onlv 18 and tivated Mandl completely It was the fust time 111 months that he hadn't thought exclusively about bombs “Ecstacy” hadn't been leleased then And it so happened that Hedy was just enough wrapped up in her buigeoning movie caiecr to look doubtfully on marriage — even to the personable persuasive multi millionaire munitions king For Fi itz Mandl was riding high in those davs He controlled factories in Poland Holland and Austna and was scheming for control of the vast planls at Skoda zechpslovakia and Sehneider-Creusin b ranee It was he who had e put Prince Ernst Ruediger von of as chancellor into vice power ig Austi ia Natuicllv bill Mandl was uding on When the crest of a wave of power sight of the voluptuous Hedy made his pulses pound he legaidcd it as the signal for another conquest Imagine then hit surprise when this beautiful creature couldn't seem to make up her mind Fritz He became more ardent was astounded than he had ever become in affairs of the beait for many years He had had two picvioua w ivch The first one was Helena Strauss from whom he was divorced The second was the Viennese actress Eva May who later committed suicide In spile of Maudl's insistence upon matiinionv Hedy couldn't make up her mind So b ritz sought out Hedy's father o who was the well manager of the Creditanstalt Bankverein in his cottage at Docbling He a'ked him for Hedy s hand In mamago Herr Kieslciln turn asked Hedy Hedy now in a complete dither asked Gustav Machaty the fa inous Plague screen director who had stai icd her in “Ecstacy “ "Would it bo bcttei" she asked Ma chaty in effect “to marry Mandl or ac screen conti act that cept that I'm being offeied in Hollywood by Win 111 Mar-hembe- ig ll e cl hold Shoe Hie Exrtlie 'I hrn-laioK- lleelv-Iled- ctl kril I wig kcinlrr like I Ins When iret knew Her an?" Machaty told her to take Mandl He pointed out that she was young enough to win siiecn fame laler Jlc cl v didn t know the half of it blitz Mandl didn't know anything about "IcMacv” vet the Fast W C a 11 11 11 o (t pencil Slai-hemb- five-ye- Lamarr y ( Alios e) Became Just a Wraith of C to-d- millions of his dollars into the Hennwehi party coffers b inally was forced out by Schuschnigg Then the Cannon King tried to back Marhemberg as piesidcnU The plan failed And then came the dav as Mandl sensed it would when the Nans moved 111 on Austna and took over the Hirtenbeiger I’ationcnfabrik That was when they said that blitz Mandl was thiough Appaientlv he had dtopped into obscurity It was the beauteous Hedy the word went lound who bad so upset the Cannon King that he forgot to keep his mind on business Iove had been known to have that affect He had been on the stiongest of men unpiipaicd when the final blow came Newspapeis even punted stories to the effeet that britz Mandl was bmkc a l rushed man groveling nqv in itions South Excellent Porteait Show the Dynamic Determination TXhicIi Today binds Fritz Mandl Regarded a the I ogical bnireeasor to Sir Basil ZaharofT Mystery Man of Munitions Tills 0 the Cannon King marned The conquest completed he disHedy covered that he didn't have time even for a honey moon b ritz hui led away cm business immediately for things were shaping up into a pielty nn ss at the moment 1 bat was in th fall of l'MJ So Iledy a beautiful lonely binle bereft now of both taicer and bnde groom went on to b reiuc nsbad ( health icsort alone SeveiaJ Sunday Fritz hurried over to be with her The rest of the time she was alone But not for long It was inevitable that Hedy should tx gin sicking com Iimmally enough two of pHiilonship hi r nio-- t piomimnt munis wcie the biolhcts Mai hrinhi g Km t whom And zecho-slovakla- placid in powei and beulinanil Immediate lv the gossips hud it that blitz Mandl was so anxious to keep the good graces of Pi nice Maihembirg that he ovei looked Ernsts attentions to his wife (ontimntnl wtnspeieis immediately got busy (inulaling all manner of sto rus involving the tuppmed romantic attaihmcnlof the Stai hemhergs feu the bmally the atones glameiious Hedy got aiuund to the Cannon King him self 1hm one evmtful dav aogiv w ete he a nl i manat mg f ruin the Prune s apartment whi’e Mandl was a gui'l bnt 111 vi" thn e ‘ Ion can do as jmi like” P' it wns a hen thr king Mun- Plant in meriea heard to shout uncc mnoniimslv at his host "but leave my wife alone ” but Ies b ritz had another heated scene with berdinand Mat hombe I g But all that was just a two bit sideshow compaied to what hap pened when Fritz Mandl saw the fust ukases of "Ecstacy" bor once since his marnage britz foi got to hud the cull of big business He was fui ions Patluulailv nhi hi' hcaid that the him had angeied Pope Pms M He had agents all over the woi Id buy mg up leprints of the film "Ec stai y" as most Ameitcans know bv now fi atuinl limy as the young lady who w 1 nt awimming nude parked her ilolius on a hoisc's baik and so was aught with her Manitoba missing by the handsoimt hero when her hotse ran away Meanwhile itedv had a nervous hitukdown and subsequently fled to fans later sailing for the United State s anil him fame in Hollywood Today she is the w ife of Geim Mai kc v film wnti r Baik in Austria Mandl Joined the piiliiotn null pendent Hiimwehr hd by Pi line Mai hemhei g maiehid in a major a uuifoim in paiades pa t Hull fus and Km t Ei Ini hlngg lie divrl ted 11 e ob-sc- ui it y hat no one knew howi vei was that when blitz Mandl came to the L mti d Mates in put suit of the elusive Hedy he had taken the occasion to drop down to South America for the purpose of building the foundation for a schema that had been fluttering around in tlia hack of his mind Highly confidential talks with government officials followed e United States and British business illative s icuivinicd him that thcia was a gnat futuie in a new and giratcr Patrnnenfabi ik in Aignitiiia 'I he ( But he kept King was enthusiastic all his plans 111 the utmost mupcv To the woild at large he was simply Hedy I amarr’a hu hand '1 he Anse hluss of Iff S was the signal fm the exile of botn Mai hombe ig ami Mandl and for the confiscation by tha Reich of tho Cannon King’s airplnno works and his munition and aimauunt rrp-tes- 1 plant at Hlltenbeig bor more than a ymr 1 ritz Mandl Only Ins most trusted disuppe ait’il fi tends knew his hideout near Cap d’Antibes Then in a sudden bluzo of glmy ho stepped into the mid t of woild affaus onee more making a grand bow as the potential Inst tanking aimoiaf to the anti totalitarian bloc Ami Pi nn i Mai hi mhi g it is rcpnit ed will find a Job as Emopian reprt-p- i illative to the new U vmll outfit |